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church, in Central Illinois. He waa the author of The Church Member's Manual of Ecclesiastical Principles; Church Member's Handbook; and History of Baptist Literature of Fifty Years. He died Aug. 19, 1871, in Flanders, N.J.

Crowl, Theodore, soldier, clergyman, was born July 22, 1844, in Darlington, Pa. He served as a union soldier during the civil war in the one hundred and seventy-eighth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry; and was promoted to second lieutenant; and was judge advocate of general court martial United States army at TuUahoma and Murfreesboro during the winter of 1864-65. In 1873 he organized the First presbyterian church of Tacoma, Wash.; and has filled pastorates in Seattle, Wash.; Zanesville, Ohio; and is now pastor of the First congregational church of Sterling, 111. Crowley, Denis 0., clergyman, poet. He was elevated to the priesthood in 1883. He Chaplet of Verse. is the author of Crowley, Joseph Burns, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was bom July 19, 1858, in Coshocton, Ohio. In 1886-93 he was county judge of Crawford county. 111. In 1899-1905 he was a representative from Illinois to the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses. He has been special treasury agent in charge of seal fisheries, Alaska. Crowley, Mary Catherine, author, poet, was born in Boston, Mass. Since 1887 she has been engaged in literary work; first as a contributor of poems and short stories to St. Nicholas and the Ladies' Home Journal. She is the author of Merry Hearts and True;

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Happy Go-Lucky; Apples Kipe and Rosy; The City

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Wonders; and several

novels.

Crowley, Matthias, soldier, was born in In 1891 he graduated from the United States military academy; in 1898 attained the rank of first lieutenant; and in 1900 became captain seventeenth infantry. Crowley, Miles, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1859 in Boston, Mass. He was elected chief engineer of the Galveston fire department for two terms; was a member of the Texas house of representatives; and a state senator in the twenty-third and twenty-fourth legislatures. In 1895-97 he was a representative from Texas to the fifty-fourth congress as a democrat. Crowley, Kichard, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was bom Deo. 14, 1836, in Lockport, N.Y. He was city attorney in 1865; was a state senator in 1866-70; was United States district attorney in 1871-79, when he resigned. In 1879-83 he was a representative from New York to the fortysixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican. He died in 1908 in Lockport, N.Y. Crownin shield, Arent Schuyler, naval officer, was born March 14, 1843, in New York City. He was attached to the steam sloop Ticonderoga and participated in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He was made lieutenant in 1866; became lieutenant commander in 1868; Ireland.



and attained the rank of commander in 1880. died in 1908 in Washington, D.C. Ci;owninshield, Benjamin Williams, congressman, cabinet officer, was bom Dec. 27,

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1772, in Boston, Mass. In 1820 he was a presidential elector; and in 1823-31 he was a representative from the Salem district of Massachusetts to the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first congresses. In 1814-18 he was secretary of the navy. He died Feb. 3, 1851, in Boston, Mass. Crownin&hield, Bowdoin Bardlee, naval architect, author, was born Oct. 13, 1867, in New York City. Since 1887 he has been in practice as a, naval architect. He was the architect of the yacht Independence; and the largest sailing vessel Thomas W. Lawson. He is the author of An Account of the

Private Armed Ship America. Crowninshield, Casper, soldier, was bom in Massachusetts. In 1861 he was captain in the twentieth regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Jan. 10, 1897.

Crowninshield, Frederic, artist, author, was born Nov. 27, 1845, in Boston,

poet,

He has made a speciality of mural painting and stained glass windows. In 187985 he was an instructor of drawing and painting in the museum of fine arts at Boston, Mass.; and has lectured on artistic anatomy. He is the author of Mural PaintPainter's ing; Pictoris Carmina, Poems; Moods ; Under the Laurel, poems ; and other works. Crowninshield, Jacob, state legislator, congressman, was bom March 31, 1770, in Salem, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1801. In 1803-09 he was a representative from Massachusetts to the eighth, ninth and tenth congresses. In 1805-09 he was secretary of the navy. He died April 14, 1808, in Washington, D.C. Crowninshield, Mrs. Mary Bradford, litterateur, author, was born in New England. She is the wife of Mr. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield. She is the author of Where the Trade Wind Blows; All Among the Lighthouses; The Lighthouse Children Abroad; Mass.

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Plucky Smalls and San Isidro. Crowther, George C, soldier, business man, was bom Jan. 26, 1849. In 1862 he entered the federal army; and was mustered out of service in 1865. In 1869-75 he was secretary of the Kansas state senate. In 1875 he was engaged on newspapers and in

the printing business; in 1887 was appointed deputy sheriff of Buchanan county, Mo.; in 1888-92 was city treasurer of St. Joseph. In 1895-97 he was a representative from Missouri to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.

Croxton, John Thomas, soldier, journalist, lawyer, diplomat, was born Nov. 20, 1837, in Bourbon county, Ky. He participated in the battles of Sherman's army; and at the close of the war was put in command of the